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House subject index

Letter: W

Wage gap.
see Pay equity
Walker Towne Centre Inc. Act, 2014 (Bill Pr13)
- first reading
  - Hatfield, 1220
- second reading, 2007
- third reading, 2007
- Royal assent, 2080
Waste disposal
- sewage sludge lagoons
  - Hudak, 6438–6439
Waste diversion
- general remarks
  - Albanese, 9740
  - Berardinetti, 6409
  - Harris, 9570–9572
  - Martow, 9572–9573
  - Murray, 7264–7265, 9471–9475, 9758–9759
  - Potts, 9758–9759
- impact on municipalities
  - Ballard, 8025–8026
  - Bisson, 8021
  - Campbell, 8230
  - Mangat, 7268
  - Sattler, 7727, 7731
- market driven
  - Coe, 7732
  - MacLeod, 7734–7735
  - Munro, 7728–7729
  - Thompson, 7365–7366
- rates and targets
  - French, 7735
  - Miller, N., 8026
  - Thompson, 7365, 7735
  - Yakabuski, 7270
- reform
  - Armstrong, 9683–9685
  - Mantha, 9686–9687
  - Mauro, 9686
  - Singh, 9691–9693
  - Thompson, 9690–9691
  - Yakabuski, 9691
- in rural and northern Ontario
  - Bisson, 8022
  - Gélinas, 8025
Waste Diversion Ontario
- Thompson, 7367–7368
Waste diversion, producer responsibility model
- economic impact
  - McDonell, 7553, 7597
- general remarks
  - Bradley, 7549–7550
  - Delaney, 8023
  - Forster, 7599, 8023
  - Fraser, 8346
  - Gates, 8228–8229
  - Gravelle, 7547–7548
  - Hatfield, 7685–7686
  - Lalonde, 7548–7549
  - Mangat, 7267–7268
  - Milczyn, 7735
  - Murray, 7263, 7271–7272
  - Sattler, 7603
  - Thibeault, 7606
  - Thompson, 7363–7364
- implementation
  - Gélinas, 7732–7733
  - Mangat, 9470
  - Mantha, 7545
  - Sattler, 7732
- international manufacturers, compliance
  - McDonell, 7553
- in other jurisdictions
  - Mangat, 7269–7270
- oversight and dispute resolution
  - Mangat, 7267–7268
  - McDonell, 7598
- product stewardship system
  - Miller, N., 8024–8025
- public consultation
  - Bisson, 8021–8022
  - Fedeli, 8230
- role of municipalities
  - Armstrong, 7600
  - Gretzky, 7270
Waste diversion programs
- Blue Box program
  - Hatfield, 9741–9742
  - Mangat, 7269, 7732, 9469
  - Mantha, 7544
  - Munro, 7729
  - Sattler, 7731
  - Thompson, 7367
- existing programs, phase out
  - Colle, 9745–9746
  - Mangat, 7269
  - Thompson, 7366–7367
Waste gasification plant
- Hamilton Harbour
  - Horwath, 1087–1088, 3448, 6530
  - Murray, 1087–1088, 6530
Waste management
- general remarks
  - McMahon, 7605–7606
- incineration
  - Armstrong, 7550–7551, 7601–7602
  - Mantha, 7544
  - Sattler, 7733
- post-consumer materials
  - McDonell, 7552
Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016 (Bill 151)
- first reading
  - Murray, 6751–6752
- second reading, 7263–7272, 7362–7368, 7418–7433, 7489–7499, 7543–7553, 7597–7607, 7727–7736, 8021–8026, 8228–8231, 8345–8347
  - Albanese, 7496–7497
  - Anderson, 7432
  - Armstrong, 7431, 7492–7493, 7550–7551, 7598–7602, 7604
  - Ballard, 7432–7433, 7733, 8025–8026
  - Bisson, 8021–8024
  - Bradley, 7549–7551, 7727
  - Campbell, 8230
  - Clark, 7271, 7727–7728
  - Coe, 7732
  - Colle, 7493–7495, 7497
  - Delaney, 8023
  - Fedeli, 8230
  - Forster, 7599, 7730, 8023, 8026
  - Fraser, 8346
  - French, 7489–7493, 7735
  - Gates, 8228–8229, 8231
  - Gélinas, 7732–7733, 8025
  - Gravelle, 7546–7548
  - Gretzky, 7270, 7496, 7736
  - Jones, 7497–7499, 7551
  - Kiwala, 7271
  - Lalonde, 7548–7549
  - MacLeod, 7733–7736
  - Mangat, 7267–7270, 7421, 7492, 7547, 7551, 7599, 7603, 7732, 8231
  - Mantha, 7543–7545, 7547
  - Martow, 7421–7422, 8022–8023
  - Matthews, 7495–7496
  - McDonell, 7551–7553, 7597–7600, 7730
  - McMahon, 7605–7606
  - Milczyn, 7735
  - Miller, N., 8024–8026
  - Munro, 7728–7731, 8026
  - Murray, 7263–7267, 7271–7272, 7602–7603, 8022
  - Naidoo-Harris, 7493
  - Natyshak, 7546
  - Nicholls, 7550
  - Qaadri, 7430–7431
  - Rinaldi, 7604–7605, 7728
  - Sattler, 7603, 7727, 7729–7733
  - Singh, 7421
  - Smith, 7546
  - Tabuns, 7422–7432
  - Thibeault, 7606–7607
  - Thompson, 7362–7368, 7419–7422, 7431, 7492, 7497, 7599, 7603, 7727, 7735–7736
  - Vanthof, 7422
  - Vernile, 8229–8230
  - Wong, 7730
  - Yakabuski, 7270, 7496
  - division (carried), 8359–8360
- third reading, 9469–9479, 9545–9563, 9565–9575, 9683–9693, 9737–9746
  - Albanese, 9740
  - Armstrong, 9683–9687
  - Bailey, 9569, 9574
  - Bisson, 9477–9478
  - Bradley, 9690
  - Campbell, 9573–9574
  - Clark, 9478
  - Colle, 9478, 9566, 9745–9746
  - Fraser, 9568–9570
  - French, 9690
  - Gates, 9554–9555, 9574–9575
  - Gélinas, 9565–9566
  - Gretzky, 9691
  - Harris, 9570–9572, 9575
  - Hatfield, 9739–9745
  - Jones, 9744
  - Kiwala, 9567–9568
  - Lalonde, 9566–9567
  - Mangat, 9469–9471, 9565, 9687, 9744
  - Mantha, 9686–9687, 9744–9745
  - Martow, 9565, 9572–9573
  - Mauro, 9686
  - McDonell, 9737–9739, 9741
  - Milczyn, 9554
  - Miller, N., 9740
  - Munro, 9570
  - Murray, 9471–9479, 9574
  - Natyshak, 9740–9741
  - Sandals, 9569–9570
  - Sattler, 9569
  - Singh, 9554, 9691–9693
  - Smith, 9554
  - Tabuns, 9555–9563, 9566
  - Thompson, 9477, 9545–9555, 9686, 9690–9691
  - Yakabuski, 9687–9691
  - Zimmer, 9745
  - division (carried), 9763
- Royal assent, 10032
Water and sewer infrastructure
- frozen pipes and broken watermains
  - McMeekin, 2936
  - Murray, 2935
  - Potts, 2935
  - Walker, 4050
- municipal drains
  - Dunlop, 2564, 2566
- in specific areas/regions
  - Arnott, 3582, 4905
  - Clark, 7286–7287
  - McDonell, 2359
Water conservation.
see Water resources management
Water fluoridation
- general remarks
  - Delaney, 1562
  - Pettapiece, 1557–1558
  - Vanthof, 1561
  - Wong, 1560–1561
- health benefits
  - Delaney, 1556–1557, 8409
  - Scott, 1560
  - Taylor, 1558
- levels
  - Jaczek, 1559
- public concern
  - Hatfield, 1560
  - Milczyn, 1561
Water heaters, door-to-door sale
- consumer protection
  - Forster, 4957
  - Horwath, 8902–8903
  - Milczyn, 3002
  - Orazietti, 3002, 8903
Water quality
- general remarks
  - Ballard, 4872
  - Fife, 155
- Great Lakes
  - Hoggarth, 8199–8200
  - Murray, 8200
- silt in Magnetawan River
  - Mauro, 384
  - Miller, N., 384
Water resources management
- documentary series "The Water Brothers"
  - Potts, 3235–3236
Water supply.
see also Great Lakes—water withdrawals
- pharmaceutical contamination
  - Natyshak, 4871
- presence of microbeads
  - Lalonde, 2901
- source water protection
  - Gretzky, 2042–2043
  - McMeekin, 3092
  - Murray, 757, 3087, 3089–3090
  - Tabuns, 756–757
  - Wynne, 2042–2043
Water technology.
see also Clean technology
- clean water projects
  - Moridi, 6883
Waterloo (regional municipality)
- classification as construction employer
  - Flynn, 324
  - Harris, 324
Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care
- flaws in building construction
  - French, 6267
Weather.
see Severe weather events
Weiche Estates Inc Act, 2015 (Bill Pr21)
- first reading
  - McGarry, 4587
- second reading, 4923
- third reading, 4923
- Royal assent, 4976
Wetlands conservation.
see also Land use planning
- Fedeli, 4914–4915
- Mauro, 6055
- Yurek, 7902
Wild animals in captivity.
see also Marine mammals in captivity
- Hoggarth, 3424
- Taylor, 3397–3398
Wildlife management.
see also Biodiversity; Hunting and trapping
- double-breasted cormorants
  - Bailey, 9825
  - Clark, 9821
  - Gélinas, 9821–9822
  - Hudak, 9823–9824
  - Rinaldi, 9822–9823
- moose population
  - Mauro, 1481, 3161
  - Yurek, 1481
Wildlife protection
- Blanding's turtle
  - Mauro, 4581
- Great Lakes region
  - Malhi, 9424
- from illegal killing
  - Yurek, 1793
Wilfrid Laurier University
- Milton campus
  - Arnott, 8459
Wind farms.
see Wind turbines
Wind turbine siting
- community input/opposition
  - Chiarelli, 8152
  - Clark, 8237
  - Fedeli, 3057
  - Walker, 2965, 2968
  - Wilson, 1080
  - Yurek, 8152
- general remarks
  - Jones, 1080
  - Nicholls, 145, 186
  - Thompson, 2581, 3094
- on Great Lakes
  - Murray, 8250
  - Thompson, 5639–5640
  - Walker, 5648
  - Yakabuski, 8249
- local decision-making
  - MacLeod, 1677–1678, 3697–3698
  - McDonell, 8037, 8180–8181
  - Pettapiece, 2977
  - Smith, 3656–3657
  - Wynne, 1677–1678
  - Yakabuski, 8933–8934
  - Yurek, 8856
- local support
  - Wynne, 382–383
  - Yurek, 382–383
- near airports
  - Fedeli, 2373
Wind turbines
- cost
  - Bailey, 7761–7762
  - Thompson, 6562
- development
  - Chiarelli, 8037–8038
  - Pettapiece, 2046–2047
  - Scott, 5168
  - Smith, 1431–1432
  - Thompson, 1705–1706
- energy production
  - Chiarelli, 6209
  - Yakabuski, 6209
- general remarks
  - Chiarelli, 3856
  - Nicholls, 271
  - Thompson, 2571
- noise
  - Chiarelli, 1738
  - Murray, 1534
  - Potts, 1534
  - Qaadri, 1738
- projects
  - McNaughton, 5578
  - Murray, 8493–8494, 8604, 8623
  - Scott, 9361
  - Smith, 8493, 8603–8604
  - Thompson, 3677
  - Wilson, 8622–8623
- public safety concerns
  - Chiarelli, 1269
  - Murray, 5778–5779
  - Nicholls, 1268–1269
  - Thompson, 5778
- surplus power
  - Fedeli, 2373, 7763–7764
Wind turbines and the environment
- construction on Oak Ridges Moraine
  - Scott, 9361
- environmental assessments
  - Mauro, 5113, 5261
  - Murray, 9361–9362
- environmental impact
  - Smith, 3762–3763, 5112, 9954–9955
  - Thompson, 4426, 5113
- impact on species at risk
  - Hunter, 4580–4581
  - Smith, 5260–5261
Wind turbines near Collingwood airport
- evaluation by Nav Canada
  - Murray, 8934–8935
  - Tabuns, 8930–8931
- general remarks
  - Chiarelli, 452
  - Jones, 8933
  - Miller, N., 8934
  - Murray, 452–453, 1213, 7445–7446, 8902
  - Nicholls, 1942
  - Wilson, 452, 1213, 7445–7446, 7513, 8902
- safety concerns
  - Nicholls, 8933
  - Wilson, 8929–8931
Wind turbines, offshore
- cancellation of Trillium Power Wind 1 project
  - Brown, 9070–9072, 9177–9178
  - Horwath, 9266–9267
  - Wynne, 9179
  - Yakabuski, 9179
- development
  - Wynne, 7339
  - Yakabuski, 7339
- research
  - Chiarelli, 9071
  - Wynne, 9070–9072, 9074, 9122
Windsor Jail.
see also South West Detention Centre
- overcrowding
  - Gretzky, 1041
Windsor, Ontario
- history
  - Hatfield, 121
Wine industry
- economic impact
  - Gates, 8227
  - Smith, 2522
- general remarks
  - Anderson, 134
  - Gates, 2570
  - Leal, 134–135
  - Murray, 2570
- taxation
  - Albanese, 8581
- VQA wine, sale at farmers' markets
  - Leal, 1085
Winter highway maintenance.
see Highway maintenance in winter
Wireless services
- personal information protection
  - Singh, 7646
- in rural Ontario
  - Bisson, 2176
Women.
see also Aboriginal women; Ontario history; Pay equity; Status of Women Canada; Violence against women
- abuse and online harassment
  - DiNovo, 8920
  - McMahon, 1438–1439
  - Sattler, 6061, 6065
  - Scott, 1048–1049
- Advancing Women Conference
  - Thompson, 5408
- in corporate leadership
  - Lalonde, 5452
  - MacCharles, 1785, 5452, 7927
  - McMahon, 1784–1785
  - Sousa, 1785, 5452–5453
- economic empowerment/disempowerment
  - Armstrong, 1511
  - DiNovo, 8919
  - Flynn, 3611
  - Horwath, 2702
- in engineering and skilled trades
  - French, 2715
  - Kiwala, 3167
- gendered experiences of homelessness, immigration, poverty
  - Sattler, 2048, 2739, 3491, 3535–3536
- government programs
  - MacCharles, 8572, 8804–8805
- in politics
  - Fife, 5782
  - Lalonde, 6324–6325
  - Singh, 5988, 5991, 5994
  - Wynne, 2483
- retirement security
  - Sattler, 4491–4492
Women parliamentarians
- Agnes Macphail and Rae Luckock
  - DiNovo, 8273–8274
  - Forster, 8271
  - Hunter, 8274
  - Lalonde, 8269–8270
  - Martins, 8275
  - Martow, 8274–8275
  - Potts, 8271–8272
  - Scott, 8272–8273
  - Thompson, 8270–8271
Women's emergency shelters
- general remarks
  - Campbell, 1735
  - MacCharles, 1735
  - McGarry, 698–699
- in rural and northern Ontario
  - Crack, 8295
  - Jaczek, 4720, 8295
Wood frame mid-rise buildings
- safety standards
  - McGarry, 1084
  - McMeekin, 1084–1085
Work-integrated learning (WIL)
- advisory council
  - Nicholls, 2207
- complaints
  - Nicholls, 2208
  - Sattler, 2211
- general remarks
  - Martins, 2209–2210
  - Sattler, 716
Workers.
see also Baggage handlers; Employers, suppression of workplace injury claims; Labour and employment law, review; Temporary foreign workers; Workers' rights
- contract workers
  - Ballard, 507
  - Sattler, 1059
- injured workers
  - DiNovo, 4784
  - Mantha, 1368
  - Natyshak, 500–501
- rate receiving minimum wage
  - Ballard, 506
  - Gates, 560
  - Hillier, 493–495
  - Munro, 675, 677
  - Natyshak, 498
  - Nicholls, 1062
  - Sattler, 563
  - Scott, 677
  - Yakabuski, 557
- right to report workplace injury
  - Albanese, 6419
  - Baker, 6078
  - Flynn, 5707
  - Martins, 6079–6080
  - McMahon, 6234
  - Zimmer, 6418
Workers' compensation
- Armstrong, 6414–6415
- Flynn, 818–819
- Hillier, 820
- Natyshak, 821
Workers' compensation benefits.
see also Permanent partial disability (PPD)
- indexed to inflation
  - Flynn, 9758
- loss of earnings benefits
  - occupational diseases diagnosed after retirement
    - Armstrong, 5312–5313
    - Arnott, 5310
    - Forster, 5310
    - French, 5307–5308, 6417
    - Gélinas, 5313–5314
- mandatory coverage for contractors
  - Fedeli, 1478
  - Flynn, 1478
- survivor benefits, calculation
  - Albanese, 6419
  - Dong, 5308–5309
  - Flynn, 5708, 6693, 7190–7191
  - Forster, 6072–6073
  - French, 6417
  - Gretzky, 6418
  - Hillier, 6083
  - Hunter, 6288
  - Kiwala, 6092
  - Mauro, 6289, 6295
  - McMahon, 6234
  - Sandals, 6233
Workers' compensation claims
- disallowed for psychological injuries
  - Sattler, 7034
Workers Day of Mourning
- flags at half-mast
  - Arnott, 8484
  - Bradley, 8485
  - Coe, 8486
  - Dong, 9969–9970
  - Fife, 8486
  - French, 8484–8485
  - Hatfield, 8479–8480, 8487, 9963
  - Potts, 8486–8487
Workers Day of Mourning Act, 2016 (Bill 180)
- first reading
  - Hatfield, 8209
- second reading, 8479–8487
- referred to Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly, 8487
- third reading, 9963–9972
  - Arnott, 9967–9969
  - Dong, 9969–9970
  - Flynn, 9965–9967
  - Gates, 9969
  - Hatfield, 9963–9965
  - Yakabuski, 9970–9971
- Royal assent, 10032
Workers' right to be informed
- in chosen language
  - Ballard, 508
  - Flynn, 488, 1054
  - Hoggarth, 490
  - Lalonde, 564
  - Sattler, 1060
  - Wong, 565
- of employment standards
  - Cimino, 505
  - Clark, 505
  - Flynn, 486
  - Fraser, 553
  - Hoggarth, 490
  - Natyshak, 498
  - Walker, 509
- small businesses and
  - Miller, N., 511–512
Workers' rights.
see also Minimum wage; Temporary foreign workers' rights
- awareness campaign
  - Flynn, 1433
- fair wage policy
  - Albanese, 7177
  - Flynn, 7177
- general remarks
  - Ballard, 507, 510
  - Flynn, 484, 486, 489, 493, 676–677
  - Gates, 562–563
  - Hoggarth, 489
  - McMahon, 567–568
  - Miller, N., 510
  - Naidoo-Harris, 559
  - Sattler, 1058
  - Vanthof, 515
  - Wong, 567
- severance payments
  - Gates, 2663
Workers' rights re: wage recovery
- elimination of $10K cap
  - Ballard, 507–508
  - Flynn, 484, 486, 1053–1054
  - Forster, 677
  - Fraser, 505, 552–553
  - Natyshak, 498, 1055
  - Wong, 565
- employment agencies and
  - Flynn, 485–486
  - Hoggarth, 490
  - Natyshak, 498
- general remarks
  - Sattler, 1060
  - Vanthof, 516
- two-year time limit
  - Fraser, 553
Workplace accidents/fatalities.
see also Ontario history—Italian Fallen Workers Memorial; Workers Day of Mourning
- commemoration
  - Arnott, 8909
  - Forster, 3867–3868
  - Hillier, 3866–3867
  - Naqvi, 3865
- construction workers from Eglinton–Lawrence
  - Colle, 3166
- general remarks
  - Anderson, 8483
  - DiNovo, 8484
  - Gates, 562
  - Horwath, 8910–8911
  - Martow, 8483
  - Sattler, 492, 714–715
  - Walker, 8482
- Lalonde, Nick
  - Fife, 503
- prevention
  - Fife, 8486
  - Flynn, 8481–8482, 9756–9757
Workplace mental health
- roundtable, Burlington, Ontario
  - McMahon, 2786
- traumatic mental stress and PTSD
  - Flynn, 2599–2600, 7457
  - Walker, 7466
  - Wong, 2599
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Firefighter Benefits), 2015 (Bill 147)
- first reading
  - Harris, 6649–6650
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Permanent Partial Disability Supplements), 2015 (Bill 133)
- first reading
  - Albanese, 6013
- second reading, 6129–6136
- referred to Standing Committee on General Government, 6137
Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), 2014 (Bill 2)
- first reading
  - DiNovo, 23
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB).
see also Employers, suppression of workplace injury claims; Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL)
- assessment of treating physician's opinions
  - Flynn, 6315
  - Forster, 6315
- benefits policy, review
  - Flynn, 1937–1938
- experience rating policy
  - Armstrong, 6133
  - Flynn, 1054, 1362
  - Gates, 1362
  - Natyshak, 1057, 1937–1938
- investigations of. see Fair Practices Commissioner
- no-lost-time claims
  - Duguid, 1193
- unfunded liability
  - Flynn, 2995
  - Hatfield, 9757–9758
Workplace sexual harassment.
see Sexual harassment in the workplace
World War II.
see also Military service pin; Tributes—Côté, Ernest
- aircraft recovery in Muskoka
  - Miller, N., 1092
- D-Day anniversary
  - Brown, 9845
  - McMeekin, 9846–9847
  - Singh, 9845–9846
- fighter plane replicas
  - Natyshak, 284

House subject index

Letter: W

Wage gap.

Walker Towne Centre Inc. Act, 2014 (Bill Pr13)

Waste disposal

Waste diversion

Waste Diversion Ontario

Waste diversion, producer responsibility model

Waste diversion programs

Waste gasification plant

Waste management

Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016 (Bill 151)

Water and sewer infrastructure

Water conservation.

Water fluoridation

Water heaters, door-to-door sale

Water quality

Water resources management

Water supply.

Water technology.

Waterloo (regional municipality)

Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care

Weather.

Weiche Estates Inc Act, 2015 (Bill Pr21)

Wetlands conservation.

Wild animals in captivity.

Wildlife management.

Wildlife protection

Wilfrid Laurier University

Wind farms.

Wind turbine siting

Wind turbines

Wind turbines and the environment

Wind turbines near Collingwood airport

Wind turbines, offshore

Windsor Jail.

Windsor, Ontario

Wine industry

Winter highway maintenance.

Wireless services

Women.

Women parliamentarians

Women's emergency shelters

Wood frame mid-rise buildings

Work-integrated learning (WIL)

Workers.

Workers' compensation

Workers' compensation benefits.

Workers' compensation claims

Workers Day of Mourning

Workers Day of Mourning Act, 2016 (Bill 180)

Workers' right to be informed

Workers' rights.

Workers' rights re: wage recovery

Workplace accidents/fatalities.

Workplace mental health

Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Firefighter Benefits), 2015 (Bill 147)

Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Permanent Partial Disability Supplements), 2015 (Bill 133)

Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), 2014 (Bill 2)

Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB).

Workplace sexual harassment.

World War II.